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Table 7 Standardized prevalence estimates of obesity based on BMI ≥30.0 for whites, blacks, and Hispanic/Latinos and BMI ≥27.5 for Asians and Pacific Islanders, ages 45–84, by race/ethnicity

From: Aggregation of Asian-American subgroups masks meaningful differences in health and health risks among Asian ethnicities: an electronic health record based cohort study

 

All 45–84 yr

Women 45–84 yr

Men 45–84 yr

All 45–84 yr

  

Age-sex standardized prevalence

 

Age-standardized prevalence

 

Age-standardized prevalence

Absolute percentage point difference from All Asian

 

N

% (99% CI)

N

% (99% CI)

N

% (99% CI)

All

Women

Men

All Asian

203,020

29.5% (29.2–29.8)

111,421

25.7% (25.3–26.0)

91,599

33.6% (33.2–4.0) b

(ref) d

(ref) d

(ref) d

Chinese

62,912

19.2% (18.8–19.6) b

34,576

14.8% (14.3–15.3) a

28,336

23.8% (23.2–24.5) a,b

−10.3

−10.9

−9.8

Korean

6510

19.4% (18.1–20.6) b

3817

13.6% (12.2–15.3) a

2693

25.4% (23.3–27.6) a,b

− 10.1

− 12.1

−8.2

Japanese

12,292

35.6% (34.5–36.8) b

7257

26.8% (25.4–28.2)

5035

45.2% (43.3–47.0) a,b

6.1

1.1

11.6

Southeast Asian

22,378

18.7% (18.0–19.4) b

11,278

16.3% (15.4–17.3) a

11,100

21.1% (20.1–22.2) a,b

−10.8

−9.4

−12.5

Filipino

66,959

39.5% (39.0–40.0) b

38,778

34.5% (33.9–35.2) a

28,181

44.7% (44.0–45.5) a,b

10.0

8.8

11.1

South Asian

27,113

38.2% (37.4–38.9) b

12,581

39.3% (38.2–40.5) a

14,532

36.8% (35.7–37.8) a,b

8.7

13.6

3.2

Native Hawaiian/

Pacific Islander

5952

61.4% (59.7–63.1) b

2885

60.6% (58.2–63.1) a

3067

62.3% (59.9–64.6) a

31.9

34.9

26.7

White

non-Hispanic

576,700

36.4% (36.2–36.5) a

304,556

34.7% (34.4–34.9) a

272,144

38.2% (37.9–38.4) a,b

6.9

9.0

4.6

African-American/Black

75,277

50.5% (50.0–50.9) a

42,325

54.9% (54.2–55.5) a

32,952

45.6% (44.9–46.3) a,b

21.0

29.2

12.0

Hispanic/

Latino

154,675

44.6% (44.3–44.9) a

81,307

44.5% (44.1–45.0) a

73,368

44.6% (44.1–45.1) a

15.1

18.8

11.0

  1. All Asian group includes aggregated data for the 6 Asian ethnic groups above plus other Asians not represented in the table. This group does not include Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders
  2. aNon-overlapping 99% CIs and absolute percentage point difference from All Asian group within sex category of ≥2 percentage points
  3. bNon-overlapping 99% CIs and ≥ 2 percentage point difference between women and men
  4. cRef: reference group for race and ethnic group comparisons